The Coaster

Mayor tells Metro Homes to get back to work or get out of the way
By JOANNE L. PAPAIANNI
The city of Asbury Park declared Metro Homes, the developers of the Esperanza, in default this week and gave them 72 hours to resume working on the luxury beachfront condominium complex.
Work on the project was stopped Dec. [...]

By DON STINE
Neptune Deputy Mayor Randy Bishop will most likely become the Township Committees next mayor at its Jan. 1 reorganization meeting.
Bishop, a Democrat who is beginning his fourth year on the governing body, said he has had expressions of support to be mayor from a majority of the committee.
The swearing in ceremony is scheduled [...]

By TOM CARDINALE
The new year will begin a new era for the Bradley Beach Fire Department when Nicole Zech, 31, will be sworn in as the borough’s first female fire chief.
Zech, whose father, John Zech, has served as chief numerous times in his 31 years on the squad and most recently in 2002, said it [...]

By TOM CARDINALE
Asbury Park Little League President Danny McKee talks to supporters at a rally for the league Fri., Dec. 14.

The following interview represents the first in a series. ArtsCAP will interview arts affiliated locals or not-so-locals with an Asbury Park connection.
The first interview is with Frank DAlessandro, the owner and resident-expert of The Stephen Crane House and a friend of the arts.

By TOM SHORTELL

The holiday season is a common time for families to gather together. However, with each family comes its own traditions.
For Kathy Gregg of Ocean Township, those traditions lie in her familys German roots.
On Christmas Eve, her extended family of about 30 people gathers at in-laws home. There, her two daughters, Kaitlin and [...]

By DON STINE

Centerfolds, a go-go bar at the Asbury Park traffic circle on Route 35 in Neptune, no longer has a liquor license, which, in turn, means the dancers no longer have their tops.

By GARRETT STASSE
A Tinton Falls Borough Councilman says he will continue to press the U.S. Postal Service to build a Post Office here.
However, Brendan Tobin also said the agency is always changing criteria, dragging its feet and changing personnel to make progress difficult.
Councilman Gary Baldwin said hes been told the postal service wont build another [...]